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A team pursuit race involves two teams of four cyclists. Each team starts at opposite sides of the track. There are two ways to win: finish 16 laps (4 km) before the other team does or catch the other team. The time for each team is determined by the third cyclist to cross the finish line; the fourth cyclist does not need to finish.
The start (top) and the race (bottom) of a women's team pursuit with three riders at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Pictured: Ellen van Dijk , Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder ) The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit , except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the ...
In Nordic combined, the pursuit is determined by how well the competitors or team do in the ski jumping part of the competition. This is part of the Gundersen method developed in the 1980s. For the 15 km individual and 7.5 km sprint competitions, the computation is a 1-point advantage at the ski jump equals a 4-second advantage at the start of ...
Aug 7, 2024; Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France; Lily Williams of Team United States celebrates winning the gold medal in women’s team pursuit during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at ...
A team pursuit race involves two teams of four cyclists. Each team starts at opposite sides of the track. There are two ways to win: finish 16 laps (4 km) before the other team does or catch the other team. The time for each team is determined by the third cyclist to cross the finish line; the fourth cyclist does not need to finish.
The team from New Zealand of Ally Wollaston, Bryony Botha, Emily Shearman and Nicole Shields that nearly broke the world record in qualifying earlier in the week finished in 4:04.818, beating the ...
Similarly, on the track, the world individual pursuit champion would only wear the jersey when competing in other individual pursuit events. [1] In team events, such as the team pursuit, each member of the team must wear the rainbow jersey, but would not wear it while racing in, say, points races or other track disciplines. If the holder of a ...
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 team of 4 cyclists in the team pursuit. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification was entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The eight top nations in the rankings qualify for the team pursuit event.